Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford

Item Description

Title: Joseph Spafford to Mary Jane Spafford

Author

Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866

Recipient

Spafford,Mary Jane, b. 1839

Source Document

Extent: 5 pages

Date Created: May 11, 1863

Description

Reference to Gen. Joseph Hooker's withdrawal across the Rappahannock River at the Battle of Chancellorsville (April 1863), Hooker getting an additional 30,000 men from Hentzleman, where the various companies are stationed, sabotage and guerrilla tactics by "squads", the capture & release of Union soldiers, reference to Confederate forces under John Singleton Mosby and family photographs.